The Portland daily press., 1887-09-06

o'' Nlchoiis ior oeptenDef opens Will a delight
tul frontispieee, by Mary Hallock Foote, ILLUSTRATE
ing lid Tyler's Beautiful Mother, a charming
tale Of HE at seaside watering place, by Nora
Perry. paper that will interest boys is the arti-
Gle on Christ's Hospital the famous Blue-coat
School OF London. Both girls and boys will be in
terested In the account, in E. s. Brookss Historic
Girls series, OF Christina of Sweden, who was
much more like a boy than girl in her nature
and was, In fact crowned king" of Sweden The
Boyhood OF William Dean Howells is pleasantly
treated by William II. RideDg. General Adam
me Bate Of Gettysburg and of Pickett's glorious
but futile charge while George j. Manson shows
lhe young man who Is Ready for business, and
wishes TO become a Sea Captain, the bright and
seamy sides of sailors life and the best and SAT-
est way OF accomplishing his ambition.
The article of most in crest to the general read
er in the september number of the Magazine of
Art, is the one describing the home OF the famous
journalist, George Augustus Sala, 40 Mecklen.
burgh Square, London. The article is written by
Mr.. Sala's secretary and amanuensis, Bessie Car
alampi, and is Illustrated by K. II. Fitchew. Fol
lowing this is paper on Nature in the Louvre
by Richard Jeffiies the John Burroughs of mod.
ern England The third paper on Current Art is
afaluaole contribution TO the years record. Art
lovers will be interested in the paper on the Re
production Of the Bayeux Tapestry in Facsimile
Tau teselbyone WI enjoy the description q
Town. The second paper on The Salon. will
prove almost as enjoyable as visit TO the French
Exhibition.
The interest of the Atlantic for September NAV
be said to depend greatly on most interesting in.
stalments of its two serial stories by Mrs. Oil
plant and Mr.. Crawford. Dr. Holmes, in Cur
Hundred Days In Europe, tells about his stay in
Paris, and also of a visit to Monsieur Pasteur.
This number has also an article by Ellen Terry
johnson entitled lie Roi Manque, being an ac-
count of Louis XIy.'s promising son, the Duke of
Burgundy, who, had he succeeded his father,
would have made French history 50 different.
Another Article, by John Bach McMaster, upon
Franklin In France, shows how Franklin succeed
ed IN making himself the idol of the French at the
period subsequent TO the Revolution. Mr.. A. q.
Gordon contributes short and touching story of
negro life. called A Pinchtown Pauper, Bradford
Torrey has an article about the vireo. called A
woodland Intimate. BY River and Road in Rus
STA gives an Interesting account OF a Russian
journey, and is written by Edmund Noble. The
Two solid" articles of this issue are A Study Of
Early Egotlsm, by Elizabeth Robins Pencil, and
The Soul OF the Far East, by Perclyal Lowell
Cassells Family Magazine for September opens
with new serial, A Treacherous Calm, by Thorn
as Keyworth, which begins attractively This
is followed by a practical paper called For a
Rainy Day, which shows how one may save if he
tries. Romance follows close upon the heels of
this bit OF reality, and then more reality in the
80 Pop. vi ine Improvement Oh Domestic
terestng paner IL an ~ nsxia % @11uqs an IN
The Emigration OF Young Girls which is uite
apropos q the Domestic Service paper. las Miss
Csnada hle F ts,gey y demand lor servants IN
Paris are as full Of hints as usual and there viii
be found plenty OF poetry and pictures
Lippincou's Magazine for September opens
with brilliant romance entitled The Red Mann
tain Mines bv Lew Vandarnoola au.hor - D.,
.s''n ,"'nes' W ie" 'ahuerpooie' author OF Ru-
halnah, etc. An article OF great and timely inter-
est in view of the approaching Constitutional
centapnia, 10 ho ha,d ~ ph;,o1a,s,,;e
Oonseiii"i " oe neiu III rniiauelphia, Is Moncure
ID. Conway's A Suppressed Statesman. 1t deals
with the life of Edmund Randolnh of VIRGINIA ,
,,o,oo -, a,,,..a. s..,,s...- s'hia'
naihe uo" almost unknown 10 wnom Mi. Conway
insists that the initiation and ratification of the
meyer (Mrs. Sidney RosenfeldD contributes ar